Mythology snark for the win!
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I like the automatons the best:
PROSTAGMA?
It's funny they use old Greek for some of the phrases (like skopos), if you're witty, you'll know that's where we get our modern word "scope" from. It means watchman.
Other phrases are a mix between Latin & Greek, which is cool (it means there's still some people who can THINK). Age of Mythology is a very flavourful game. But since Bill Gates shut down ensemble studios (Tony Goodman set up another company however), I don't think a sequel will be made. But perhaps sequel is not needed, they usually mess them up anyhow, and you prefer the original.
Age of Empires 3 definitely is a good example, I knew that game was trash; didn't even have to try it out. It used the age of mythology engine, but butchered it all, forced age of empires into a newer age -- the game is more accustomed to earlier periods. That's what makes it fun! No teutonic knights or phalanx = boring.
PS: the age of empires 1 site is still up on microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/empires/That thing is ancient in itself... "game of the year, 1997!" Hey, just when my favourite computer was built!